Students’ attitude toward use of over the counter medicines during exams in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The use of OTC medication during exams was more among high school and university students. Gender, age and educational institution were found significantly affecting the use of OTC medicines during exams.

Use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and perceptions of OTC drug safety among German adults

“…The finding of women using more OTC drugs than men was in line with previous research findings from Germany [7,8] as well as from other countries [19][20][21][22][23]. Women's higher use of analgesics can partially be explained by different pain perception and menstrual pain [24].…”

Knowledge and attitude of analgesics use among Saudi population: A cross-sectional study

“…[10,20,21] Our findings generally revealed no significant difference in use of analgesics between male and female as the previous study in Iran and that converse to other studies in Riyadh, Taif, turkey, Germany, and Norway. [1,14,15,17,22,23] Like our findings in Saudi, many studies have also shown there is a significant age difference in the prevalence of analgesic use among the population. Studies conducted in Taif, Sweden, United States, and Norway have shown an association between age and analgesic use.…”

“…The strengths include the use of a large area of the general population; it is not limited to the specific cities or level of education like other studies. [10,22,23,30,31] On the other hand, the electronically distributed questionnaire gave a great opportunity to the young female to take part in the study. Furthermore, higher education was predominating among electronically recruited individuals.…”

Determinants of academic stress and stress-related selfmedication practice among undergraduate male pharmacy and medical students of a tertiary educational institution in Saudi Arabia

“…A study conducted among high school students in Riyadh city reported a nominal consumption of caffeine in the form of energy drinks (5 %) during exams. This finding implied that consumption of caffeine has increased a lot among higher secondary students during examination period which is one of the stressor [18].…”